In the case of Springfield South - the Pink School - the answer is 2,500 tonnes.
Astonishingly, I am told that the contractors have managed to recycle all but under 50 tonnes of the rubble; with less than 2% going to landfill.
The rest - slates, window frames, steel and old maths jotters - have all been reused in one form or another.
That is an astonishing rate of recycling, and I understand that some of the other schools may actually have a HIGHER reuse rate.
This deserves wider publicity, loud plaudits and sincere hopes that local contractors can absorb the methodology and up their performance accordingly.
To be honest it wasn't the knowledge that they managed to re use so much of it - it was the speed the thing came down at and the speed of its disposal - mind you the Acres bog must have taken alot of filling in.
ReplyDeleteWhat memories that building held - Tadpole, Shungle, Roddy Goosey et al.
RIP
I'm fascinated. What have they actually re-used it for?
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ReplyDeleteThank you. First smile I've had from this blog for a long while.
Has anyone checked the new resident's skip in Goathill?
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